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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Or did you learn on the job as an internal resource with a company, and if so, did you have access to formal training? Other tips: Benchmark your rate to increase your confidence. For example, shift from an hourly rate to a fixed fee so you’re compensated for your intellectual property.

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Your Company Needs a More-Radical Board of Directors

Harvard Business

And second, they need to ensure that – even with respect to strategy and operations – board scrutiny doesn’t result in an over-emphasis on conforming to benchmarks and industry norms. I’m not against benchmarking and norming. Letting your ETR slip to the benchmark could risk your customers’ trust.

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4 Mistakes That Kill Crowdsourcing Efforts

Harvard Business

Precisely because they are unique, one Quirky product rarely improves another Quirky product, whereas one Uber ride helps benchmark the price and quality of another Uber ride and each Google search helps improve results of another Google search. Good platforms help users repurpose platform resources in new ways. The crowdsource 1.0

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

In a traditional business, there is little connectivity or co-creation, so the enterprise value is equal to the “mass” of the company — its human resources, financial assets, intellectual property, and physical goods. After all, we call the department human resources. Intellectual capital.

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Importance of Culture for Mergers and Acquisitions

LSA Global

Smart acquisitions can provide immediate access to valuable new products, technologies, talent, intellectual property, clients, and geographies. For example, the Denison Culture Survey measures four validated and benchmarked culture traits in the areas of mission, consistency, involvement, and adaptability.

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